Discrete maximal regularity for Volterra equations and nonlocal time-stepping schemes (Q2281581)

The paper deals with a discrete-time formulation of a class of integro-partial differential equations with delay based on the following equation \[ u(t)=\int_{-\infty}^{t}a(t-s)Au(s)ds+f(t,u(t)), \; t\in \mathbb{R}, \tag{1} \] where \(A\) is a closed linear operator defined on a Banach space \(X\). The problem (1) can be formulated as the equivalent initial value problem \[ u(t)=\int_{0}^{t}a(t-s)Au(s)ds+(Qu)(t)+f(t,u(t)),\;u(0)=\varphi(0), \tag{2} \] where \((Qu)(t)=\int_{-\infty}^{0}a(t-s)A\varphi(s)ds\). The authors investigate two main questions concerning this problem: \begin{itemize} \item[(Q1)] Given a closed linear operator \(A\) and a kernel \(a\), for which time-discretization scheme of (2) there is maximal regularity in the \(l_p\)-setting? \item[(Q2)] Which class of material-type functions are time-stepping schemes correlated with? \end{itemize} They introduce the new concept of 1-regular sequences that together with the \(\mathbb{R}\)-boundedness of the symbol of the equation ensures maximal regularity of the (linearized) discretization scheme (2) with zero-padding in the past time, in the \(l_p\)-setting. Using the new concept of 1-regularity, the earlier approaches to the first question are unified in a simpler way. A direct correlation between time-stepping schemes and material-type functions in viscoelasticity theory is also obtained for the second question.